Death Note

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Death Note

TV-MA

2017

1h 41m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.

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Critics Consensus

Death Note benefits from director Adam Wingard's distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they aren't enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas.

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

Netflix's Death Note fails Asian-Americans in the more mundane way that most Hollywood releases continue to .

Aug 31, 2017

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Elena Lazic

Little White Lies

A project that feels both overdetermined and underdeveloped.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 29, 2017

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Clio Chang

The New Republic

Director Adam Wingard has robbed Death Note of its identity, messing up nearly everything that made the original series so compelling.

Aug 28, 2017

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

Strikes the right balance between the grim, the grisly and the fun.

Rated: 3/5

May 2, 2024

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Ernesto Zelaya Miñano

ScreenAnarchy

This is probably the result of trying to cram an entire series in under two hours, which leads to a climax as convoluted as the Note’s seemingly endless rules.

Feb 3, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Wingard's lack of control over the material seems unlike his work, and yet the uneven result speaks for itself.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 17, 2022

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Kayla E

worst fucking movie I've ever seen. Literal garbage movie and is an embarrassment to man kind. THIS MOVIE is NOTHING like death note, please DON'T waste a single second on it. Terrible script, terrible acting, terrible EVERYTHING

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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David W

Gets a bad rap. I liked it but I have never seen the original. Just a bunch of fan boys that can't understand you can't put years of content in a 2 hr movie. Give it a try if you know nothing about the Manga it came from. it will more than pass the time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Fake N

Death note live action takes what we know from the Manga and anime and messes it all up. It makes it's own rules then breaks them and it just ignores the rules of the death note. When I finished this film all I could think was thank god it's only an hour and 41 minutes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/24

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Da Hippy S

The story is a robbery of the original anime and manga. I didn't even have to watch it properly to know that they half assed half the characters. What did they do to misa 😭 Light is a wimp. The actor that played L was decent, looks like he did some research into what the character of L was meant to be like. Ryuk was well animated but lacks in character design. Genuinely disappointed. Made an account just to post a review it made me that angry. I won't even get started about how much was missed out or changed but the ending made me want to jump off a bridge. Have a nice day and don't waste your time. 😁👋

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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Arjun M

Seen the anime and that was engaging had a story line with plot twists every move made in that was calm and calculated seeing this it felt like a bunch of anger management drop out kids trying to be tough , horrible to watch waste of my time and everyone's time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/06/24

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GABRIEL S

I liked this movie a lot.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Synopsis

A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he begins to eliminate those he deems unworthy of life.

Director: Adam Wingard
Producer: Jason Hoffs, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Masi Oka
Screenwriter: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2017
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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